June 25
GEORGIAimpending execution
Case puts lethal injection on trial
On Monday, a day before his scheduled execution, triple murderer John
Washington Hightower is expected to ask a Fulton County judge to spare his
life.
If Superior Court Judge Stephanie Manis rules that lethal
June 24
ALABAMA:
Jurors Recommend Death Penalty
Jurors recommended death by lethal injection for Roderick Byrd for his
capital murder convictions in a Thanksgiving Day triple slaying at a
Birmingham motel.
Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Bill Cole set sentencing for Aug. 6
for the
June 24
CALIFORNIA:
A Serial Killer's LegacyCharles Stevens' reign of terror went well
beyond the victims he gunned down. 18 years later, the survivors and
families can't forget
ED NEWBEGIN listened as a prosecutor asked a witness what his life had
been like since his son became a
June 23
TEXAS:
January death-penalty trial expected
Curtis Lee Armstrong, 37, of Dayton, is scheduled to appear in a Collin
County courtroom Tuesday, but Armstrong's newest court appointed attorney,
Richard Franklin, said it would probably be January before a trial begins.
Armstrong -
June 24
INDIA:
Meeting with President Kalam on Death Penalty, by N D Pancholi
Nirmala Deshpande, Nandta Haksar and the under signed (ND Pancholi) met
President Kalam on Monday the 18th June,07 and urged upon him to accept
the clemency petitions of all the prisoners on death row before he
June 22
TEXAS:
West Texas man executed in murder
A West Texas man who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and beat her to death
with a claw hammer was executed Thursday afternoon for the 1998 crime.
Gilberto Guadalupa Reyes, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m., eight
minutes after the leth
June 22
TEXAS:
West Texas man executed in murder
A West Texas man who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and beat her to death
with a claw hammer was executed Thursday afternoon for the 1998 crime.
Gilberto Guadalupa Reyes, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m., eight
minutes after the leth
June 22
FLORIDA:
Death penalty upheld for killer of teenager
Ronnie Keith Williams will die by lethal injection for the rape and murder
of a pregnant teenager that left her unborn child severely impaired, the
Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
On Jan. 26, 1993, eight months after
June 22
NORTH CAROLINA:
Nifong isn't the 1st bad prosecutor
Mike Nifong, disbarred by the North Carolina State Bar, has gotten what he
deserved. While partying with strippers and booze isn't what most folks
call upstanding behavior, it didn't make the three former Duke lacrosse
players
June 22
AUSTRALIA:
Rudd to rid world of death penalty: book
An authorised biography of aspiring prime minister Kevin Rudd says one of
his objectives if he gets elected will be to rid the world of the death
penalty.
The book also explains why as an 11-year-old Mr Rudd and his family were
June 21
TEXASexecution(s)
Man convicted of stalking, killing ex-girlfriend executed
A West Texas man who stalked his ex-girlfriend after their breakup was
executed Thursday evening for raping, strangling and using a claw hammer
to fatally beat the woman.
I love y'all and I'm going to
June 21
CALIFORNIA:
Prosecutor: Dead bug testimony helped convict killer
Prosecutors say a University of California entomologist helped put a
killer behind bars with ingenuity that might make television crime writers
envious.
University of California, Davis bug expert Lynn Kimsey
June 21
FLORIDA:
Execution teams prepare to kill inmates in Florida
2 newly trained teams of executioners are ready to start killing death row
inmates as soon as Floridas new governor gives the word.
The new teams, which are avowedly committed to the principle of humane
and dignified
June 21
IRAN:
Adulterers spared death by stoning
Iran's judiciary has halted the stoning to death of a man and a woman
convicted of adultery, just 2 days before the sentences were to be carried
out, the Fars news agency reported yesterday.
A report in the Etemad-e Melli daily and
June 24
Impending Texas Execution List:
Name Date Texas # since 1982 # under Gov. Perry
Patrick KnightJune 26 397 158
Rolando Ruiz July 10 398 159
Lonnie JohnsonJuly 24
June 25
TEXASimpending execution
Texas inmate set for execution promises to die with a joke
A man scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the fatal shooting of his
neighbors almost 16 years ago wants to tell a joke as part of his final
statement from the Texas death chamber gurney.
June 25
INDONESIA:
Transfers inmates in death row to prison island
Indonesian authorities transferred 20 inmates in death row and those
serving life sentence from a prison in the Jakarta suburb of Tangerang to
the maximum security prison on Nusa Kembangan island off Central Java
early
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